In addition, Nasdaq-100® futures posted back-to-back open interest records beginning on June 17 with 121,430 positions and reaching 123,927 positions on June 18. And, Russell 1000® futures also posted record open interest yesterday, with 2,148 positions, up from the June 16 record of 1,798 positions.
Open interest is a widely recognized indicator of the level of customer interest in an exchange's products. It represents the number of futures and options on futures contracts outstanding at the close of trading each day. CME has the largest futures and options on futures open interest of any exchange in the world.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (www.cme.com) is the largest futures exchange in the United States. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on its trading floors and GLOBEX® around-the-clock electronic trading platform. CME offers futures and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moved about $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments in the first quarter of 2003 and managed $28.5 billion in collateral deposits at March 31, 2003. CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME).
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